Paul Winchester Houghton was a general surgeon in Worcester, and served with distinction in the Second World War. He was born in west London into a naval family on 30 September 1911 and was educated at Whitgift School. Until his last days he could remember the hunger caused by rationing during the F

Brian Higgs was a consultant general surgeon in Wycombe and Amersham. He was born in Bedford on 21 June 1935, and was educated at Bedford College and then Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine. In 1957 he went on to Westminster Hospital Medical School, where he won several prizes, incl

Born at Mirfield, Yorkshire, 10 June 1864, second son of Samuel Street, maltster, of Mirfield. His elder brother, Samuel, became a clergyman and died before him; his younger brother and sister survived him. He was educated at Huddersfield Collegiate School, at Leeds Medical School, and at Downing Co

Born at Ballymoney in 1818, and began to practise at Belfast in 1840. In 1864 he was appointed Medical Officer to the Belfast Constabulary, JP for Belfast and for Co Antrim, Surgeon to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital and to the General Dispensary. He also acted as President of the Ulster Medical Socie

Practised at 30 Cambridge Street, Hyde Park, London, and was Surgeon to the London Surgical Home for Diseases of Women. He was also an entomologist and a member of the Zoological and Entomological Societies. He died at 30 Cambridge Street on November 29th, 1883. Publication: "Successful Ovariotomy.

Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. He settled in practice at Reading in 1839 in partnership with George May (qv). He acquired an extensive practice, being specially skilled in midwifery, and from a large income devoted much to benefactions and charities. He erected the north aisle of St Ma

Studied at King's College and at the Middlesex Hospital. He practised at Whitminster Lodge, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, where he was Medical Officer for the Eastington District of the Wheatenhurst Union and Workhouse. He afterwards moved to Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, and died at The Cedars

Born at Cambridge, 21 January 1900, the sixth child and fifth son of Richard Sturton, chemist, and Mary Emma Sturton, his wife and cousin. He was educated at the Perse School, and acted as temporary surgeon sub-lieutenant, RNVR in 1918. In 1919 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he gaine

Born in London in 1876, the eldest son of Abraham Stusser, merchant, and his wife, *née* Sladowsky. He was educated at the South African College, Capetown, but returned to England for his medical training at the London Hospital. After holding resident posts there he studied under August Bier in Berl

Born in London on 14 August 1867, eldest child of William Greenwood Sutcliffe, MRCS 1865, of 2 Ashville Place, Battersea Park, and Mary Sophia Pottle, his wife. He was educated at the City of London School and at St Thomas's Hospital, where he won the Cheselden medal and was house surgeon. After ser

Born in Hertfordshire in 1862 the son of George Swain, he was educated at Westminster Hospital Medical School, which he entered with a scholarship in 1879. He won the Chadwick and other prizes, and held the usual resident appointments. He went to Bristol as house surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, and

Born 25 October 1856 at South Petherton, Somerset, the eldest of ten children (seven sons) of Samuel Augustus Sylvester, who had retired from his sheep station in Australia in 1855, and Mary Catherine, his wife, daughter of the Rev Joseph Holden Johnson, Vicar of Tilshead, Devizes. He was educated a